Interesting study from the National Marriage Project. I'll summarize:the biggest impact was on those with the least academic attainment. What the "great recession" did was accelerate a gender trend already well under way. My prediction: In the coming years, the "marriageable mate" dilemma will become a routinely discussed and written-about issue....

In schools like this, you don't need to separate boys and girls to get great results from inner city males. I found the same in my book research. I'm not saying single-sex schools are a mistake ... just saying they're not the only path....

Too many students being launched into four-year colleges? That's an easy argument to make. What's not so easy is to focus on the real deficit, which is preparing K-12 students for the inevitable post-high school training they will need. Forget the four-year argument. RiShawn Biddle adds his best to the debate....

There are some relevant insights about boys' education in this Washington Post piece. There's a push everywhere to tailor high school education more to job needs. The real issue, though, is tailoring high school education to the now-required post high school education needs....

Apparently, the foundations sponsoring this prize to increase college attainment don't realize there's a low-hanging-fruit path to boosting those numbers quickly: men. That's the group entering college at lower rates and then graduating at lower rates. This could be a good (and lucrative) project for the newly re-launched Boys Initiative to take on. Wait, I once wrote on this topic. Feel free to borrow ideas at will. If you win using my advice, you owe me lunch....